Science Alert Earth is not the home you think it is. Far below the scant surface spaces we inhabit, the planet is teeming with an incredibly vast and deep ‘dark biosphere’ of subterranean lifeforms that scientists are only just beginning to comprehend. Hidden throughout this subsurface realm, some of the world’s deepest and oldest organisms…
DOT Desk Agriculture scientists in Bangladesh have found a new pest — fall armyworm — that has destroyed maize and sorghum fields covering millions of square kilometres and devastated the livelihoods of farmers in Africa, reports The Daily Star. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) last month detected the caterpillar in cabbage fields in Rangpur, Thakurgaon,…
UNB The 34th BCS Non-Cadre Forum on Saturday staged a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts from those who passed the 34th BCS exam. Sources said the agitators under the banner of the 34th BCS Passed Non-Cadre Forum staged a sit-in around 11:00am and put barricade…
UNB: Ashkona hajj camp was resounded by the footsteps of Hajj pilgrims where pilgrims were seen completing formalities before their flights. Hajj camp was resounded with ‘Labbaik Allahahuma Labbaik’ sound. Most of the pilgrims come from around the country where banking services like dollar exchange and passport endorsement are rare. A team of skilled officers…
Lisa Heap, Adjunct Professor at Institute of Religion, Politics and Society, Australian Catholic University/The conversation, Australia There are good reasons why those experiencing sexual harassment – particularly in the workplace – don’t report it at the time it occurs. To do so is likely to result in ostracism, exclusion, career suicide or a direct threat…
UNB It took an 18-year-old local academy graduate making his professional debut as a late injury replacement to spare Manchester United from potential humiliation in the Europa League on Thursday.Many inside Old Trafford will have known little, if anything, about Marcus Rashford when the striker was called up against FC Midtjylland on Thursday after Anthony…
Raj Abrar: North Korea held a huge military parade yesterday – the first since negotiations with the US over denuclearization began – celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding. Previous public parades featured nuclear missile launchers, but they were not a part of Sunday’s celebration in Pyongyang – a clear sign that leader Kim Jong…
Owen Jones/The Guardian,UK The slaughter in Yemen and the Palestinian territories is happening with British arms and support – and media silence Will not even the massacre of children in Yemen end the silence over the murderous complicity of the British government? They were little kids on a bus on the way back from a…
BBC: Justin Timberlake has defended Pink for cancelling a gig after being spotted relaxing on an Australian beach. She called off the performance on her Beautiful Trauma tour in Sydney after coming down with a chest infection. The 38-year-old had been snapped by paparazzi photographers enjoying a day with her family on a beach in…
Hindustan Times: Delhi woke up to waterlogged streets and traffic jams after heavy rains hit several parts of the city as well as its surrounding areas in the wee hours of Tuesday. Heavy rain accompanied by lightning was reported around the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Teen Murti Bhavan and RK Puram, among other areas…